TSS Group

Meet the Group

Our program of community-engaged research incorporates multiple voices (e.g., student researchers; youth and adult participants; university and community partners) and perspectives (e.g., research, policy, practice). We are pleased to introduce you to some of the people who make our work possible here.

Our Group

Anne DePrince

Anne is a Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Denver where she contributes to the Child Clinical, Cognitive, and Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (DCN) Programs. In a program of community-engaged research that addresses the pressing problem of violence and abuse, she incorporates multiple voices (e.g., student researchers; youth and adult participants; university and community partners), methodologies (e.g., laboratory tasks, clinical interviews, surveys, interventions) and perspectives (e.g., research, policy, and practice). Her research focuses on how individual characteristics as well as interpersonal, community, and spatial contexts relate to violence/abuse exposure as well as clinical symptoms and interventions. The co-editor of three volumes on trauma and violence, her research has been recognized in terms of federal funding as well as local and national awards. She completed her doctoral training at the University of Oregon and clinical internship at the University of Washington School of Medicine. A licensed clinical psychologist in Colorado, she also directs the University of Denver's Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning (CCESL).

Becca Babcock

Becca's research interests focus on the impact of child abuse on interpersonal relationships, cognitive appraisal processes, and mental health. For her dissertation she is investigating links between trauma-related cognitions, mother-toddler relationship quality, and the intergenerational transmission of trauma-related distress.

Kerry Gagnon

Kerry's research focuses on trauma, particularly child maltreatment, and the impact of traumatic experiences on development and functioning. She is further interested in understanding the risks associated with revictimization and the benefits of early intervention.

Michelle Lee

Michelle's research interests include the cognitive and developmental effects of interpersonal violence, particularly witnessing domestic violence in childhood. She received a BA in Psychology from New York University and has worked in psychological research at NYU and the University of Texas and as an advocate at a domestic violence shelter in Austin, Texas.

Tejas Srinivas

Tejas graduated from Yale University in 2007 with a BA in Political Science and Philosophy. Her research focuses on the psychosocial consequences of interpersonal violence within an ecological framework, as well as processes of ethnocultural coping and meaning-making following political violence.